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twin

/twɪn/ adjective C2
  1. Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair. · twin beds, twin socks
  2. Forming a pair of twins. · the twin boys
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One of their company, an old man, said, “Let us cease lamenting, my mates, for, as it seems to me, sorrow is always the twin sister of joy; and it was only to be looked for that we, who just now were over-rejoiced, should next have something to make us sad.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 78 · B2
From this central block rose the twin towers, ancient, crenelated, and pierced with many loopholes.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 69 · C1

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